Dom

Meaning

cathedral (church serving as seat of a bishop, by extension, any large church)

Concepts

cathedral

dome

minster

Dom

church

⛪

DOM

Synonyms

Kathedrale

Münster

Kirche

⛪

Kuppel

Gewölbedach

Kapelle

Dampfdom

Klosterkirche

halbkugelförmiges Dach

Gotteshaus

🛐

große christliche Kirche

Translations

cathédrale

kathedraal

duomo

catedral

cattedrale

dom

catedral

καθεδρικός ναός

katedral

catedral

catedrale

μητρόπολη

koepel

büyük kilise

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

doom

Basel-Landschaft

duem

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/doːm/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Dutch: duom

Cognate with Middle Low German: dôm

In summary

15th-century alteration (see below) of older Thum, from Middle High German and Old High German tuom, from Proto-West Germanic *dōm (whence Old Dutch duom, Middle Low German dôm), from Medieval Latin domus (literally “house”). The use probably goes back to domus episcopatus/episcopalis (“house of the bishopric”). An alternative theory derives it from domus ecclesiae (“church house”), after Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías).
The modern alteration Dom follows Middle French dome, from Italian duomo, from the Latin. It was probably reinforced by the inherited Middle Low German form (see above). Thum survived longest in the south. The Dutch cognate dom was similarly influenced by French.